In 1751 the western parts of the Brazilian capitania of São Paulo were detached and
organized into the separate capitania of Mato Grosso, which, after the proclamation
of the independence of Brazil in 1822 became an original Province of the Empire.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Province of Mato Grosso
Presidentes da Província de Mato Grosso
1847 - 1848 João Crispiniano Soares
1848 Manoel Alves Ribeiro*
1848 Antonio Nunes da Cunha*
1848 - 1849 Maj. Joaquim José de Oliveira
1849 - 1851 Col. João José da Costa Pimentel
1851 - 1857 Capt. Augusto João Manoel Leverger 1802 - 1880
1857 - 1858 Albano de Souza Osório*
1858 - 1859 Adm. Joaquim Raimundo Delamare
1859 - 1862 LtCol. Antônio Pedro de Alencastro
1862 - 1863 Herculano Ferreira Penna
1863 Capt. Augusto João Manoel Leverger* (2x)
1863 - 1865 Gen. Alexandre Manoel Albino de Carvalho
1865 - 1866 Adm. Augusto João Manoel Leverger,
Barão de Melgaço (1865) (3x)
1866 - 1867 Albano de Souza Osório* (2x)
1867 - 1868 José Vieira de Couto Magalhães 1837 - 1898
1868 João Baptista de Oliveira*
1868 Albano de Souza Osório* (3x)
1868 - 1869 Jose Antono Murtinho*
1869 - 1870 Adm. Augusto João Manoel Leverger,
Barão de Melgaço* (4x)
1870 Luis da Silva Prado* 1... - 1870
1870 Antonio de Cerqueira Caldas* 1818 - 1892
1870 - 1871 Francisco Antonio Raposo, Barão de Caruarú 1812 - 1880
1871 Antonio deCerqueira Caldas, Barão de
Diamantino (1871)* (2x)
1871 - 1872 LtCol. Francisco José Cardoso Júnior 1826 - 1917
1872 - 1874 Gen. José de Miranda da Silva Reis
1874 - 1875 Antônio de Cerqueira Caldas, Barão de
Diamantino* (3x)
1875 - 1878 Gen. Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca 1824 - 1891
1878 João Batista de Oliveira, Barão de Aguapeí 1... - 1879
1878 - 1879 João José Pedrosa
1879 - 1881 Col. Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão, Barão
de Maracaju 1831 - 1909
1881 José Leite Galvão*
1881 - 1883 Col. José Maria de Alencastro
1883 José Leite Galvão* (2x)
1883 - 1884 Brig. Manoel da Almeida Gama Lobo d'Eça,
Barão de Batovi
1884 - 1885 Gen. Floriano Vieira Peixoto (President
of Brazil 1891 - 194) 1839 - 1895
1885 José Joaquim Ramos Ferreira*
1885 - 1886 Joaquim Galdino Pimentel
1886 Antônio Augusto Ramiro de Carvalho*
1886 - 1887 Alvaro Rodovalho Marcondes das Reis
1887 Antonio Augusto Ramiro de Carvalho* (2x)
1887 José Joaquim Ramos Ferreira*
1887 - 1889 Col. Francisco Raphael de Mello Braga
1889 Antonio Herculano de Souza Bandeira
1889 Manoel Jose Murtinho*
1889 Col. Ernesto Augusto da Cunha Mattos
BRAZILIAN STATE OF MATO GROSSO
In 1889 Mato Grosso became an original State of the Brazilian Republic.
It was selfgoverning except for the periods 1917 - 1918, 1930 - 1935, 1937 and 1937
-1945, when the central government imposed direct rule.
In 1943 western parts of the state were detached to form the new federal territory
of Guaporé, while at the same time some southern lands were detached to form the
short living territory of Ponta Porã (1943 - 1946)
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents
Presiidentes
1889 - 1891 Gen. Antônio Maria Coelho (Barão de
Amambái)* 1827 - 1894
1891 Col. Frederico Solon de Sampaio Ribeiro 1842 -
1891 José da Silva Rondon*
1891 Col. João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet
1891 - 1892 Manoel José Murtinho 1847 - 1917
Revolutionary Governing Junta
Junta Governativa Revolucionária
1892 -Luiz Benedito Pereira Leite
-Maj. Antônio Aníbal de Matos
-José Marques de Fontes
President
Presidente
1892 Luiz Benedito Pereira Leite* s.a.
Governing Junta
Junta Governativa
1892 -Lt. Francisco Mariani Wanderley
-Capt. Antônio José Duarte
-Capt. Frederico Casimiro Rodrigues da Silva
Presidents
Presidentes
1892 Luiz Benedito Pereira Leite* (2x)
1892 Maj. André Virgílio Pereira de Albuquerque
1892 José Marques de Fontes*
1892 Generoso Paes Leme de Souza Ponce*
1892 - 1895 Manoel José Murtinho (2x)
1895 - 1897 Antônio Corrêa da Costa
1897 Antônio Cesário de Figueiredo*
1897 - 1898 Antônio Corrêa da Costa (2x)
1898 - 1899 Antônio Cesário de Figueiredo* (2x)
1899 Antônio Leite de Figueiredo*
1899 - 1900 Capt. Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
1900 João Paes de Barros*
1900 - 1903 Capt. Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros (2x)
1806 - 1906 Antônio Paes de Barros 18.. - 1906
1906 - 1907 Pedro Leite Osório*
1907 - 1908 Generoso Paes Leme de Souza Ponce
1908 - 1911 Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa*
1911 - 1915 Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques
1915 - 1917 Gen. Caetano Manuel de Faria e Albuquerque
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1917 Camilo Soares de Moura
1917 Gen. Cipriano da Costa Ferreira
1917 - 1918 Camilo Soares de Moura (2x)
Presidents
Presidentes
1918 - 1922 Francisco de Aquino Correia, Titular
Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium in
Honoriade and Auxilary Bishop of
Cuiabá until 1921, thereafter
Archbishop of Cuiabá 1885 - 1956
1922 - 1924 Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa (2x)
1924 - 1926 Estêvão Alves Correia*
1926 - 1930 Mário Correia da Costa
1930 Aníbal Benício de Toledo
Governor
Governador
1930 Maj. Sebastião Rabello Leite
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1930 - 1931 Col. Antônio Mena Gonçalves
1931 - 1932 Arthur Antunes Macial
1932 - 1934 Leônidas Anthero de Mattos
1934 - 1935 César de Mesquita Serva
1935 Fenelon Müller
1935 Gen. Newton Deschamps Cavalcânti
Governor
Governador
1935 - 1937 Mário Correia da Costa s.a.
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1937 Capt. Manoel Ary da Silva Pires
Governor
Governador
1937 Júlio Strübing Müller
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1937 - 1945 Júlio Strubling Müller s.a.
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